Balliol College, 1910. Between the “haves” and the “have-nots,” dangerous chasms are forming. Eighteen of the fifty-three freshmen who had gone up four years before had attended Eton. Will social power and riches triumph against those devoted to improving the lives of the destitute and hungry on Oxford’s back alleys in an increasingly personal and violent feud? Will vehement personal disagreements be set aside in the face of a far bigger foe?
Into Battle tells a genuine storey that has been hidden for more than a century.
The harsh feud between Hon. Billy Grenfell, the future war poets Hon. Julian Grenfell and Patrick Shaw Stewart, and those devoted to the Balliol Boys Club founded by Keith Rae and England rugby international Ronald Poulton reflected the political and social divisions tearing Britain apart at Balliol College, Oxford.
